Category: Tararua Range
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PLB’s are life savers, Bridge Peak Penn Creek
It was close to 5pm, it would be dark in less than an hour. We were all cold from the freezing river crossings. We had put ourselves in a dangerous situation especially for the the youngest member of our team who was showing signs of exhaustion and hypothermia. It was time to use the PLB…
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Tararua North to Mid Crossing
https://www.strava.com/activities/972943104
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Tararua Main Range SK Attempt
After our SMR in April Anthony and I planned to make an attempt on the famed SK route. Dave gave us some compass and gps training, Chris gave us a timing schedule and I got lots of help on the food to take. In December it all came together. The perfect weather window was lining…
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A Year in the Mountains 2016
Over a year ago I started reading these amazing stories about people traversing the length of the Tararua’s in a single day. The stories were filled with adventure, challenge and inspiring country. After completing our Great Walk challenge I was looking for the next challenge and something closer to home with less nights away from…
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Dundas Loop
October 16 2016 In preparation of our SK challenge I wanted to explore the Northern section of the route from Putara to Dundas. In the planning the route we had two options. One was the Dundas loop the other was a Banister loop. The day was looking mint, as we drove to Putara we could…
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Snowy Southern Crossing Attempt
In the last week of July a good cold snap hit the country bringing snow to the Wellington hills. On the Sunday we ran in the Mukamuka Munter in the snow. Later in the week the weather cleared for a shot at doing a snowy Southern Crossing. Marta and I set out from Otaki, Tim…
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The Tararua Peaks Southern Main Range (SMR)
The reason we pack survival blankets It was 1am Sunday morning, we had arrived at Parawai Hut Otaki Forks after 19 hours of hiking, a bit of running and the normal Tararua scramble on steep rough country. How did it come to this, an unplanned few hours rest before the last slog over the emergency track…
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Broken Axe Pinnacles and Plane Wreck
After we hiked up Mitre Peak a friend shared a video of The Tararua Peaks we are planning a mission over in April. The next video was a mission over this trail. This was the same day as the Tararua Mountain race that was on the Holdsworth to Kaitoke course. I’m a big fan of…
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Mitre Peak
Mitre Peak is the highest point in the Tararua’s, often it is covered in cloud and blowing a gale. We delayed our trip by a day and scored an amazing day above the bush line. The trip took us 9 hours return. See you out there!
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The Southern Crossing
This epic crossing runs between Kaitoke and Otaki. Every 2 years the Tararua Mountain Race is held over this trail. It is a wild tough trail and most times I have been on in it has snowed even in December! Here is a 3min video overview